大學(xué)英語精讀uintTolieornottolie

1、會(huì)計(jì)學(xué)1大學(xué)英語精讀大學(xué)英語精讀uintTolieornottolieBefore ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingWarm-up Questions 1. 2. 3. Have you ever been to hospital? What did you think of the doctors attitude? Have you ever thought of being a doctor? Why or why not? Suppose you are seriously ill, do you want the d

2、octor to tell you the truth or not? Why?Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingAbout Medicine Medicine is the practice of maintaining of health and preventing, alleviating, or curing of disease. WHO, or the World Health Organization, declared that health is “a state of complete phy

3、sical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease”. Obviously the goal of medicine is to maintain health.Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingAbout Doctors Doctors refer to physicians and other medical healers. In the United States they are called health

4、care professionals, which include physicians, surgeons, dentists. Most of them work in health care services, which involve diagnosing and treating patients. Others work mainly in researching, teaching, or administration of medical facilities.Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingT

5、hree Types of Doctors General practitioners:(全科醫(yī)生)They may not have special training in any particular medical field, but develops a wide knowledge of all kinds of illness. Specialists:(專家，?？漆t(yī)生)Some doctors prefer to treat only certain kinds of illness, thus becoming specialists in their chosen fiel

6、d. Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingResearchers: (醫(yī)學(xué)研究人員)Those doctors often help teach future physicians in medical schools. At the same time, they use the laboratories and hospital facilities of the medical schools to conduct research programs. Before ReadingGlobal ReadingD

7、etailed ReadingAfter ReadingOther Medical Workers Physician內(nèi)科醫(yī)生Surgeon外科醫(yī)生Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingOther Medical Workers Dentist牙醫(yī)Intern, Resident, Chief Resident 實(shí)習(xí)醫(yī)生，住院醫(yī)生，住院總醫(yī)師Nurse, Head Nurse護(hù)士，護(hù)士長Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingOther Medi

8、cal Workers Veterinarian (Vet)獸醫(yī)Quack 江湖游醫(yī) A white lie is a lie that is considered to be justified, or even praiseworthy, if it is in the interests of the person or people to whom it is told. Quite often, a doctors lie is thought to be a case in point.Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfte

9、r ReadingDefinition of a White Lie1. Compile a list of situations in which you think a white lie would be justified.2. Recall occasions on which you have told a white lie and explain why it was justified.3. Discuss about the would-be benefits and would-be costs about white lies.Before ReadingGlobal

10、ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingPair Work on White LiesBefore ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingIntroductory Remarks When treating seriously ill patients, many doctors think that it is best not to tell them the truth about their condition. These doctors sincerely believe that the

11、y have good reasons to tell lies for the patients own benefit.But the author of this article takes a different view on this issue. She gives several reasons why patients, especially those who are dying, should be told the truth. She also discusses the great harm doctors lies do not only to their pat

12、ients, but also to the doctors themselves and to the entire medical profession.And in the last paragraph of the article, the author urges that an open debate be held on this issue. Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter Reading1. Part Division of the Text2. Group Presentation 3. Further U

13、nderstanding For Part 1For Part 2Blank FillingMultiple ChoiceTrue or FalseFor Part 3Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingPart Division of the TextMain IdeasLinesParts 11262275535671Doctors reasons for telling liesThe authors reasons why patients should be told the truthThe author

14、 urges that an open debate be held on this issue. Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingGroup Presentation 1) Doctors reasons for telling liesLies may benefit Lies may help speed Such lies differ The seriously ill dont want to know Telling them the truth risksAfter learning the tr

15、uth of their condition, patients may more slowly or faster, perhaps even will “do no harm” and may well help their patients.Divide the class into two groups. Ask the first group to go over the first part of the text and find out the reasons why some doctors tell lies to their seriously ill patients

16、and ask the second group to go over the second part of the text and look for the authors reasons why patients should be told the truth.the patient_.recovery_. sharply from self-serving ones_.the truth about their condition_.destroying their hope_.recover_deteriorate_commit suicide_.Deceptive practic

17、es_Evidence is now being provided that it is that lies can be helpful.Studies show that an overwhelming majority of do want to be told the truth and that they feel betrayed when they learn that they have been keptTruthful information, , helps patients illness. It helps them better, need less medicin

18、e, and even after surgery.Lies invade the and render them make informed choices concerning their own health. Dying patients who are lied to about their condition cantLies also do harm to doctors and theirLies also those doctors who areLies the entireBefore ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter

19、Reading2) The authors reasons why patients should be told the truthuntrue_patients_in the dark_.humanely conveyed_cope with _tolerate pain _recover faster _ autonomy of patients _unable to _make decisions about the end of life_.integrity_credibility_.hurt_honest with their patients_.injure_medical p

20、rofession_.1. The author wants to tell us in this part _. A) why doctors dont always tell the truth B) the benefits of not knowing the seriousness of an illness C) why sometimes doctors lie especially to seriously ill patients D) to have a routine physical checkupBefore ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed

21、 ReadingAfter ReadingMultiple ChoiceKEY Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter Reading2. Some doctors practice deception because they believe that _. A) telling the patients the truth may destroy their hope of recovery B) their lies are absolutely different from self-serving ones C) the s

22、eriously ill dont want to know the truth about their condition D) all of the aboveKEY 3. Studies show that doctors deception about the seriousness of an illness_. A) may destroy the patients hope of recovery B) make a patient recover faster C) make a patient commit suicide D) make a patient feel bet

23、terKEY Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter Reading4. Patients most easily misled are those who are_. A) going to be operated on B) dying C) just entering hospital D) recovering slowlyKEY Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingTrue or False People have fully understood

24、 the harmfulness of doctors deception.Truthful information, properly expressed, can help patients deal with illness better.In the authors eyes, it is not such a bad thing sometimes when patients are not told the truth.1.2.3.F( )But the illusory nature of the benefits such deception is meant to produ

25、ce is now coming to be documented.T( )F( )We are becoming increasingly aware of all that can befall patients in the course of their illness when information is denied or distorted.Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingLies only do harm to seriously ill patients.4.F( )Lies not only

26、 do harm to patients, but also to those who tell them.TDoctors deception to patients contributes to the spiral of lawsuits.( )5.Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingBlank FillingSharp conflicts are now arising. Patients are learning to answers from doctors and they require that t

27、hey should be informed about for treatment. Though most doctors to provide true information to their patients, some are still trying practices. It is especially difficult for nurses to on this issue because they feelThe author asks for an open about this issue not only in medicine but also in other

28、. Many doctors have to avoid the serious through deception. Eventually lies will spread and trust. So the public should be professional deception.Listen to the following paragraph from the text and fill in the blanks with the words you hear.Directions:press for_alternatives_go to great lengths_age-o

29、ld_take a stand_powerless_.debate_professions_erode_wary of_consequences_Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingIs it ever proper for a medical doctor to lie to his patients? Should he tell a patient he is dying? These questions seem simple enough, but it is not so simple to give a

30、 satisfactory answer to them. Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingShould doctors ever lie to benefit their patients to speed recovery or to conceal the approach of death? In medicine as in law, government, and other lines of work, the requirements of honesty often seem dwarfed b

31、y greater needs: the need to shelter from brutal news or to uphold a promise of secrecy; to expose corruption or to promote the public interest. To Lie or Not To Lie The Doctors Dilemma Sissela BokBefore ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingWhat should doctors say, for example, to a 46-

32、year-old man coming in for a routine physical checkup just before going on vacation with his family who, though he feels in perfect health, is found to have a form of cancer that will cause him to die within six months? Is it best to tell him the truth? If he asks, should the doctors deny that he is

33、 ill, or minimize the gravity of the illness? Should they at least conceal the truth until after the family vacation? Doctors confront such choices often and urgently. At times, they see important reasons to lie for the patients own sake; in their eyes, such lies differ sharply from self-serving one

34、s.Studies show that most doctors sincerely believe that the seriously ill do not want to know the truth about their condition, and that informing them risks destroying their hope, so that they may recover more slowly, or deteriorate faster, perhaps even commit suicide. As one physician wrote: “Ours

35、is a profession which traditionally has been guided by a precept that transcends the virtue of uttering the truth for truths sake, and that is as far as possible do no harm. ” Armed with such a precept, a number of doctors may slip into deceptive practices that they assume will “do no harm” and may

36、well help their patients. They may prescribe innumerable placebos, sound more encouraging than the facts warrant, and distort grave news, especially to the incurably ill and the dying.Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingBut the illusory nature of the benefits such deception is m

37、eant to produce is now coming to be documented. Studies show that, contrary to the belief of many physicians, an overwhelming majority of patients do want to be told the truth, even about grave illness, and feel betrayed when they learn that they have been misled. We are also learning that truthful

38、information, humanely conveyed, helps patients cope with illness: helps them tolerate pain better, need less medicine, and even recover faster after surgery. Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingNot only do lies not provide the “help” hoped for by advocates of benevolent deceptio

39、n; they invade the autonomy of patients and render them unable to make informed choices concerning their own health, including the choice of whether to be a patient in the first place. We are becoming increasingly aware of all that can befall patients in the course of their illness when information

40、is denied or distorted.Dying patients especially who are easiest to mislead and most often kept in the dark can then not make decisions about the end of life: about whether or not they should enter a hospital, or have surgery; about where and with whom they should spend their remaining time; about h

41、ow they should bring their affairs to a close and take leave.Lies also do harm to those who tell them: harm to their integrity and, in the long run, to their credibility. Lies hurt their colleagues as well. The suspicion of deceit undercuts the work of the many doctors who are scrupulously honest wi

42、th their patients; it contributes to the spiral of lawsuits and of “defensive medicine”, and thus it injures, in turn, the entire medical profession.Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSharp conflicts are now arising. Patients are learning to press for answers. Patients bills of

43、 rights require that they be informed about their condition and about alternatives for treatment. Many doctors go to great lengths to provide such information. Yet even in hospitals with the most eloquent bill of rights, believers in benevolent deception continue their age-old practices. Colleagues

44、may disapprove but refrain from objecting. Nurses may bitterly resent having to take part, day after day, in deceiving patients, but feel powerless to take a stand.Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingThere is urgent need to debate this issue openly. Not only in medicine, but in

45、other professions as well, practitioners may find themselves repeatedly in difficulty where serious consequences seem avoidable only through deception. Yet the public has every reason to be wary of professional deception, for such practices are peculiarly likely to become deeply rooted, to spread, a

46、nd to erode trust. Neither in medicine, nor in law, government, or the social sciences can there be comfort in the old saying, “What you dont know cant hurt you.”Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingBefore ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingShould doctors ever lie

47、to benefit their patients to speed recovery or to conceal the approach of death? In medicine as in law, government, and other lines of work, the requirements of honesty often seem dwarfed by greater needs: the need to shelter from brutal news or to uphold a promise of secrecy; to expose corruption o

48、r to promote the public interest. To Lie or Not To Lie The Doctors Dilemma Sissela BokBefore ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingWhat should doctors say, for example, to a 46-year-old man coming in for a routine physical checkup just before going on vacation with his family who, though

49、 he feels in perfect health, is found to have a form of cancer that will cause him to die within six months? Is it best to tell him the truth? If he asks, should the doctors deny that he is ill, or minimize the gravity of the illness? Should they at least conceal the truth until after the family vac

50、ation? Doctors confront such choices often and urgently. At times, they see important reasons to lie for the patients own sake; in their eyes, such lies differ sharply from self-serving ones.Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingStudies show that most doctors sincerely believe tha

51、t the seriously ill do not want to know the truth about their condition, and that informing them risks destroying their hope, so that they may recover more slowly, or deteriorate faster, perhaps even commit suicide. As one physician wrote: “Ours is a profession which traditionally has been guided by

52、 a precept that transcends the virtue of uttering the truth for truths sake, and that is as far as possible do no harm. ” Armed with such a precept, a number of doctors may slip into deceptive practices that they assume will “do no harm” and may well help their patients. They may prescribe innumerab

53、le placebos, sound more encouraging than the facts warrant, and distort grave news, especially to the incurably ill and the dying.Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingBut the illusory nature of the benefits such deception is meant to produce is now coming to be documented. Studie

54、s show that, contrary to the belief of many physicians, an overwhelming majority of patients do want to be told the truth, even about grave illness, and feel betrayed when they learn that they have been misled. We are also learning that truthful information, humanely conveyed, helps patients cope wi

55、th illness: helps them tolerate pain better, need less medicine, and even recover faster after surgery. Not only do lies not provide the “help” hoped for by advocates of benevolent deception; they invade the autonomy of patients and render them unable to make informed choices concerning their own he

56、alth, including the choice of whether to be a patient in the first place. We are becoming increasingly aware of all that can befall patients in the course of their illness when information is denied or distorted.Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingDying patients especially who a

57、re easiest to mislead and most often kept in the dark can then not make decisions about the end of life: about whether or not they should enter a hospital, or have surgery; about where and with whom they should spend their remaining time; about how they should bring their affairs to a close and take

58、 leave.Lies also do harm to those who tell them: harm to their integrity and, in the long run, to their credibility. Lies hurt their colleagues as well. The suspicion of deceit undercuts the work of the many doctors who are scrupulously honest with their patients; it contributes to the spiral of law

59、suits and of “defensive medicine,” and thus it injures, in turn, the entire medical profession.Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSharp conflicts are now arising. Patients are learning to press for answers. Patients bills of rights require that they be informed about their cond

60、ition and about alternatives for treatment. Many doctors go to great lengths to provide such information. Yet even in hospitals with the most eloquent bill of rights, believers in benevolent deception continue their age-old practices. Colleagues may disapprove but refrain from objecting. Nurses may